Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following its flight in the binoculars he saw it make a sweep over a rough piece of land shunned by the golf course architect , a triangle of unsuitable terrain enclosed by the 2nd , 9th and 17th holes . |
| 2 | She had bought this expensive dress to capture notice ; she felt it like a blow that the little monster sidling along , sleek and positive , dark hair in brisk waves , silly doll-dress denying fashion , had all the qualities that Nicandra lacked . |
| 3 | All were matted with puffs of trees ; the bright thread of a waterfall was laid over one , a snail 's silver trail ; and one was crossed by a great rift that made it appear a giant 's helter-skelter . |
| 4 | It was a standard opening — the kind of play that made no real difference to the final outcome — yet somehow the boy made it seem a challenge . |
| 5 | But on the contrary Willie made it seem a prop of the work , like ripe thighs in a chorus girl or the swivel eye of Ben Turpin . |
| 6 | He made it seem an aeon . |
| 7 | When sitting astride a conveyance that prefers hay to unleaded , you should remember that John Wayne made it look a lot easier than it is . |
| 8 | What do you mean I made it like a brick ? |
| 9 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 10 | Did it mean a return to the 1949 Armistice Line ? |
| 11 | Did it send a feeling of revulsion down you er when you saw Sir Edward Heath shaking hands with Saddam Hussein yesterday ? |
| 12 | ‘ Did it cost a lot ? ’ |
| 13 | It is hard to judge how much weight should be given to such utterances ; was the designation ‘ northerner ’ intended to be purely geographical and descriptive , or did it reflect a feeling that these were men almost of a different race ? |
| 14 | Now why did it get a reprieve ? |
| 15 | Nor did it follow a period of economic and demographic stagnation . |
| 16 | Did it provide a cure ? |
| 17 | Did it produce a lot of the intended pupil activity ? 3 . |
| 18 | Why did it have a question mark ? |
| 19 | Did it have a name , that game ? |
| 20 | Did it have a significance ? |
| 21 | Did it have a car in it ? |
| 22 | ( i ) Does the applicant have a sufficient interest within R.S.C. , Ord. 53 , r. 3(7) to entitle him to apply for judicial review ? ( ii ) Is the exercise by Lautro of its power to serve an intervention notice subject to judicial review ? ( iii ) Is , or was , Winchester a member of Lautro ? ( iv ) Whether or not Winchester was a member of Lautro , did it have a right to appeal under Lautro 's rules to the Appeal Tribunal ? ( v ) Did the failure by Lautro to give Winchester an opportunity to make representations before the service of the intervention notice invalidate that notice so that it should be quashed ? |
| 23 | Did it have a disaster ? |
| 24 | Did did it take a while to cut crop this size ? |
| 25 | And why , at the same time , did it release a batch of Iraqi prisoners-of-war in a unilateral goodwill gesture ? |
| 26 | But did this new found freedom last and did it cause an improvement in their lot ? |
| 27 | But the tense negotiations over the formation of the Alliance , debate over what precisely it meant in terms of policy and tactics ( did it support a coalition , for instance , and if so , with whom ? ) , left the SDP hamstrung from the start . |